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h1. Set Domain Spam filter preferences

An administrator can set domain-wide Spam filter preferences through the Admin Control Panel. The setting would apply to all users that don't have a [personal preference set|Support:Set Spam filter preferences and manage spams]. A user's preference always overrides a domain-wide preference.

The domain-wide Spam filter preferences can be found at this location:

* Go to {link-window:https://cp.emailarray.com/admin|type=normal|icon=false|width=1024|height=600}[https://cp.emailarray.com/admin]

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* Log in using admin username and password.
* Click on *Filtering* in the top menu bar
* Select the *Domain* for which you wish to modify the settings in the drop-down list


The options are:

*Accept e-mails from:*

* *Everyone:* This is the default option and lets all messages reach the Inbox (the default)
* *Whitelist & Address book only:* This option only allows messages present in the Whitelist & Address book to reach the Inbox, the rest will be sent to your spam folder.

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System default is to accept emails from everyone, moving detected spam to each user's spam folder. To disable spam folder for a user, you need to access the Filtering option in the user control panel, as noted in [this FAQ|Support:Set Spam filter preferences and manage spams] and set to send Spam to inbox, which is basically the same as if you had disabled antispam for that user.
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The option to accept  only from white-listed senders and contacts in your address book is a  nice alternate way of receiving practically no spams in your inbox, at the cost of  having to check your spam folder or spam reports, from time to time.
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*Enable autowhitelist*: All e-mails sent by e-mail accounts of your domain automatically add the recipient's address to the domain's auto-whitelist. An interesting option, but possibly dangerous if a user account is compromised, sends spams and automatically all recipients of such spams are added to the domain level auto-whitelist (accessible in Filtering > Auto-Whitelist), which would require cleaning up the auto-whitelist.



*Filter sensitivity:* The filtering system can be adjusted on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the most restrictive while 1 is the most permissive. We find that the default setting of Normal Sensitivity is just right for most users.


*Keep Spam for:* How many days to keep the Spam messages in the Spam folder. Default is 7 days.





*Send Spam Report:* This defines how often the users will receive in their Inbox the summary of Spam messages trapped over the past few hours. Default is every 12 hours.


*Spam E-mail Report Format*: Lets you choose the format of the Spam Report message. Default is HTML and TEXT.



After making any changes, click on the *Update Settings* button.